Product Description

Fossil Walrus Ivory - $110.00

The Oystercatcher, with its distinctive long red bill, is a bird that lives in the thin boundary between the forest and the the ocean. Because many Native American peoples of the northwest coast also spend their lives within that same boundary, the Oystercatcher was a sacred kindred spirit to Shamans, especially Tlingit Shamans.

Our Tlingit Shaman's Oystercatcher Amulet is designed closely from a Shaman's ivory amulet excavated from a site where an ancient Tlingit village stood. Its carving features, in addition to the Oystercatcher's red beak, a sparkling blue/green opal for its eye. The Oystercatcher's neck and wing emerge from a human form with bent knee. Above the wing is a stylized human face. All rest on a base which is a fish. These carvings signify that the human spirit is one with all the animals of the earth.

Every piece complies with the regulations associated with the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and Maryland state environmental and ecological laws.
All of our designs are original and copyrighted.